"G for George" operational record

Year

Operation number

Date

Target

Captain

Number of 460 Sqn aircraft participating

Number of aircraft from 460 Sqn lost

1942

1

6 Dec

Mannheim

F-Sgt J.A. Saint-Smith

10

 
 

2

8 Dec

Sea Mining off Denmark

F-Sgt A. McKinnon

9

 
 

3

9 Dec

Turin

F-Sgt A. McKinnon

8

 
 

4

17 Dec

Sea Mining off Denmark

F-Sgt J.A. Saint-Smith

4

 

1943

5

16 Jan

Berlin

F-Sgt J.A. Saint-Smith

6

 
 

6

3 Feb

Hamburg

F-Sgt J.A. Saint-Smith

6

 
 

7

7 Feb

Lorient

F-Sgt J.A. Saint-Smith

8

 
 

8

11 Feb

Wilhelmshaven

F-Sgt J.A. Saint-Smith

9

 
 

9

13 Feb

Lorient

F-Sgt J.A. Saint-Smith

9

 
 

10

14 Feb

Milan

F-Sgt J.A. Saint-Smith

8

 
 

11

16 Feb

Lorient

F-Sgt J.A. Saint-Smith

8

 
 

12

21 Feb

Bremen

F-Sgt J.A. Saint-Smith

9

 
 

13

26 Feb

Cologne

F-Sgt J.A. Saint-Smith

11

 
 

14

28 Feb

St. Nazaire

F-Sgt J.A. Saint-Smith

13

 
 

15

1 Mar

Berlin

F-Sgt J.A. Saint-Smith

13

 
 

16

5 Mar

Essen

F-Sgt J. Murray

10

 
 

17

8 Mar

Nuremberg

F-Sgt J. Murray

11

 
 

18

9 Mar

Munich

F-Sgt J. Murray

10

 
 

19

11 Mar

Stuttgart

W Cdr C. Martin

10

 
 

20

12 Mar

Essen

F-Sgt J. Murray

11

 
 

21

22 Mar

St. Nazaire

F-Sgt J. Murray

8

 
 

22

26 Mar

Duisburg

F-Sgt J. Murray

11

 
 

23

27 Mar

Berlin

F-Sgt J. Murray

11

 
 

24

29 Mar

Berlin

F-Sgt J. Murray

9

 
 

25

3 Apr

Essen

Sgt P. Coldham

12

 
 

26

4 Apr

Kiel

Sgt P. Coldham

13

 
 

27

9 Apr

Duisburg

F-Sgt J. Murray

7

 
 

28

10 Apr

Frankfurt

Sgt J. Williams

7

 
 

29

13 Apr

Spezia

F-Sgt J. Murray

13

 
 

30

16 Apr

Koblenz**

F-Sgt J. Murray

   
 

31

18 Apr

Spezia

F-Sgt J. Murray

13

 
 

32

20 Apr

Stettin

F-Sgt J. Murray

17

 
 

33

27 Apr

Duisburg

F-Sgt W Rose

12

 
 

34

4 May

Dortmund

F-O J. Henderson

19

1

 

35

27 May

Essen

Sgt D.J. Strath

19

1

 

36

29 May

Wuppertal

Sgt D.J. Strath

12

2

 

37

11 Jun

Dusseldorf

F-O J. Henderson

27

1

 

38

12 Jun

Bochum

F-O J. Henderson

22

2

 

39

14 Jun

Oberhausen

F-O J. Henderson

22

3

 

40

16 Jun

Cologne

F-O J. Henderson

18

2

 

41

21 Jun

Krefeld

F-O J. Henderson

20

1

 

42

22 Jun

Mulheim

F-O J. Henderson

18

1

 

43

24 Jun

Wuppertal

F-O J. Henderson

15

1

 

44

25 Jun

Gelsenkirchen

F-O J. Henderson

15

 
 

45

28 Jun

Cologne

F-O J. Henderson

15

 
 

46

17 Aug

Peenemunde

P-O D. Moodie

24

 
 

47

22 Aug

Leverkusen

F-Sgt H. Carter

21

 
 

48

27 Aug

Nuremberg

F-Sgt H. Carter

21

 
 

49

30 Aug

Muchen Gladbach

F-Sgt H. Carter

22

 
 

50

31 Aug

Berlin

F-Sgt H. Carter

21

1

 

51

3 Sep

Berlin

F-Sgt H. Carter

24

3

 

52

5 Sep

Mannheim

F-Sgt H. Carter

20

 
 

53

6 Sep

Munich

F-Sgt J. Goulevitch

18

 
 

54

22 Sep

Hanover

F-Sgt H. Carter

20

2

 

55

23 Sep

Mannheim

F-Sgt H. Carter

19

1

 

56

27 Sep

Hanover

Sqn Leader A. Nichols

20

2

 

57

29 Sep

Bochum

F-Sgt H. Carter

15

 
 

58

2 Oct

Munich

F-Sgt H. Carter

18

 
 

59

3 Oct

Kassel

F-Sgt R Power

14

 
 

60

4 Oct

Ludwigshaven

F-Sgt H. Carter

15

 
 

61

7 Oct

Stuttgart

F-Sgt H. Carter

20

 
 

62

8 Oct

Hanover

F-Sgt H. Carter

18

2

 

63

18 Oct

Hanover

F-Sgt H. Carter

19

1

 

64

20 Oct

Leipzip

P-O N. Peters

17

 
 

65

22 Oct

Kassel

F-Sgt W. Watson

19

 
 

66

3 Nov

Dusseldorf

W-O H. Carter

23

 
 

67

18 Nov

Berlin

W-O H. Carter

28

 
 

68

22 Nov

Berlin

F-Sgt R. Douglas

25

 
 

69

23 Nov

Berlin

F-Sgt R. Douglas

16

2

 

70

26 Nov

Berlin

W-O H. Carter

24

1

 

71

2 Dec

Berlin

F-Sgt K. Goodwin

25

5

 

72

3 Dec

Leipzig

F-Sgt R. Douglas

16

 
 

73

16 Dec

Berlin

P-O H. Carter

20

4

 

74

20 Dec

Frankfurt

P-O H. Carter

16

 
 

75

23 Dec

Berlin

P-O H. Carter

15

 
 

76

29 Dec

Berlin

F-Lt A. Wales

22

2

1944

77

1 Jan

Berlin

P-O J. Howell

17

 
 

78

5 Jan

Stettin

P-O J. Hills

18

 
 

79

19 Feb

Leipzig

F-Sgt J. McCleery

24

2

 

80

20 Feb

Stuttgart

F-O T. Leggett

21

1

 

81

24 Feb

Schweinfurt

F-O T. Leggett

17

2

 

82

25 Feb

Augsburg

F-O T. Leggett

17

1

 

83

18 Mar

Frankfurt

P-O K. Morgan

21

 
 

84

22 Mar

Frankfurt

P-O K. Morgan

25

 
 

85

26 Mar

Essen

F-Sgt R. Allen

24

1

 

86

30 Mar

Nuremburg

F-Sgt V. Neal

24

3

 

87

9 Apr

Villeneuve St. George

F-O J. Critchley

12

 
 

88

10 Apr

Aulnoye

F-O J. Critchley

13

1

 

89

20 Apr

Cologne

F-O J. Critchley

19

 

(Target was Pilsen "G", could not find flares so bombed Koblenz)

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